Demystifying blockchain: A critical analysis of challenges, applications and opportunities

Highlights：

• Presents a systematic review of the scholarly research work published on blockchain, with respect to its challenges, potential opportunities, and applications.

• Proposes an integrated framework, an ontological construct and a set of research propositions that hold the potential to drive and contribute to the future research studies.

• Constructs an integrated framework of the blockchain innovation adoption process in organizations by considering the organizational level adoption of blockchain and user acceptance of blockchain at an individual level.

• Proposes a comprehensive blockchain innovation adoption framework.

摘要

•Presents a systematic review of the scholarly research work published on blockchain, with respect to its challenges, potential opportunities, and applications.•Proposes an integrated framework, an ontological construct and a set of research propositions that hold the potential to drive and contribute to the future research studies.•Constructs an integrated framework of the blockchain innovation adoption process in organizations by considering the organizational level adoption of blockchain and user acceptance of blockchain at an individual level.•Proposes a comprehensive blockchain innovation adoption framework.

论文关键词：Blockchain,Blockchain innovation adoption framework,Cryptocurrency,Challenges,Opportunities,Applications,Business value,Adoption,Innovation,Information systems,Information management,User acceptance,Organizational acceptance,Decision making,Adoption barriers,Innovation characteristics,Organizational characteristics,Environmental characteristics

论文评审过程：Received 14 March 2019, Revised 24 March 2020, Accepted 25 March 2020, Available online 12 May 2020, Version of Record 12 May 2020.